Table 6 Hypothesis testing.

From: Adoption of conservative agricultural practices among rural Chinese farmers

Hypo

Direct effects

CI-MIN

CI-MAX

Beta

t-Value

p-Value

Decision

H1

BV → EP

0.030

0.257

0.164

2.387

0.009

Supported

H2

AV → EP

0.063

0.285

0.175

2.527

0.006

Supported

H3a

EP → AC

0.045

0.279

0.176

2.561

0.005

Supported

H4a

AC → AR

0.223

0.409

0.323

5.810

0.000

Supported

H3b

EP → PN

0.240

0.526

0.395

4.396

0.000

Supported

H4b

AC → PN

−0.009

0.129

0.062

1.502

0.067

Rejected

H5

AR → PN

0.211

0.455

0.319

4.277

0.000

Supported

H6

PN → ICP

0.046

0.276

0.165

2.377

0.009

Supported

H7

GT → ICP

0.162

0.379

0.284

4.572

0.000

Supported

H8

ICP → ACP

0.330

0.515

0.426

7.480

0.000

Supported

  1. Note 1: BV biospheric values, AV altruistic values, EP new environmental paradigm, AC awareness of consequences, AR ascription of responsibility, PN personal norms, GT green trust, ICP intention towards conservation agricultural practices, ACP adoption of conservation agricultural practices.
  2. Note 2: CI-MIN: Confidence interval lower level at 95% bias corrected and CI-MIN: Confidence Interval Upper Level at 95% bias corrected.
  3. Source: Author’s data analysis.
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